Reptilia - Squamata - Mosasauridae
Full reference: R. Owen. 1842. Report on British fossil reptiles, part II. Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 11:60-204
Parent taxon: Mosasaurinae according to J. E. Martin and J. A. Crame 2006
See also Carroll 1988, d'Orbigny 1849, Gervais 1853, Hay 1902, Hector 1874, Mateus et al. 2012, Meyer 1845, Owen 1842, Owen 1851, Owen 1861, Russell 1967, Schulp et al. 2008 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Clidastes, Dallasaurus, Globidensini, Globindensini, Gnathomortis, Igdamanosaurus, Jormungandr, Kourisodon, Leiodontini, Megapterygius, Moanasaurus, Mosasaurini, Mosasaurus, Plesiotylosaurus, Plotosaurini, Polygonodon, Prognathodontini, Rikisaurus, Stelladens, Xenodens
Subtaxa: Leiodon anceps Leiodon lundgreni
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (1 collection), Germany (1), Jordan (1), Sweden (1), Syria (7), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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